bringing up thailand as you do, the global excessive invehicles had thailand at 37, but the heritageoundation that comes up with a -- it has its index of its own ranked thailand althout 61st. it said a well-functioning legal framework is not in place in thailand and the judiciary is vulnerable to political interference. the legal process is slow, and judgmenting can be affected through extra legal means in the absence of effective enforcement measures corruption is deeply rooted in society. another group, transparency international ranked thailand 88th in the global perceptions of corruption index. what are you doing at home to try to improve those? i would not say that thailand was like every country in the world. each country has its own flaw, but it is very important to accept its own flaw and trying to correct it as best as possible. that is why we're organizing this forum. thailand feels confident to come forward and accept the fact and try to make it better. >> there's one other case that's gotten a lot of news internationally because it involved the grandson of one of the co-f

the image of thailand and its tourism industry has definitely been affected. >> reporter: thailand has welcomed 21 million foreign tourists so far this year, and that is expected to jump to 28 million next year. despite that growing popularity, police figures show crime targeting foreign tourists has increased by more than 50% last year. news of scams and even tourist deaths are common. it has left several eu embassies to issue urgent statements urging thai authorities to better protect visitors. soon after, the idea of using the tourist court to restore the country's image was born. >> translator: i was told that foreign ambassadors had expressed concern for the safety of their citizens in thailand. so i decided to propose making safety for tourists the ministry's top priority. the goal is to address the issue quickly, because in the past foreign tourists who fell victim to crime often left thailand before their cases were concluded. >> reporter: the tourist court may provide a certain level of assurance, but most visitors still don't know about it. many say the best policy would be t

>> thailand is significantly exposed to illegal trade. it's due to its reach by diversity is a source of wildlife for criminals that connect the supply with the demand either in thailand, domestic demand, but also in other parts of this region. it's also a country of transit for wildlife, for wildlife that comes from other parts of the world, from africa, and are directed to china, vietnam and sometimes they even say in thailand. so it's exposed to very different kinds of threats, but i'm glad to see that the government and the law enforcement community is acting upon that. >> when we look at southeast asia as a whole, though, how big of a problem is environmental crime? >> well, according to a recent report that we launched a few months ago, we found out that organized crime every year in southeast asia is worth more or less 19 billion u.s. dollars. we calculate that one-fourth of it is generated by environmental crimes where the illicit tracking of timber and wildlife are the key elements of these environmental crimes. one-fourth of the

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li's three-day visit to thailand began on friday. china is asia's biggest economy and thailand is known as the manufacturing hub of southeast asia. they've shared interest in issues such as investment, infrastructure, technology and energy. li expressed china's interest in helping thailand build a high-speed railway system. china has been on a diplomatic offensive in recent weeks. last week president xi jinping visited indonesia and malaysia. china was also active at this week's summit meetings hosted by the association of southeast asian nations in brunei. other countries are making diplomatic pushes of their own. u.s. secretary of state john kerry held talks in malaysia on friday with prime minister najib razak. kerry is representing barack obama after the president canceled his trip to asia because of the u.s. government shutdown, and indian prime minister manmohan singh held talks in indonesia on friday with president susilo bambang yudhoyono. asean's fast emerging markets with a total of 600 million potential consumers make it a

let me show you video from northern thailand. it caused flooding and landslides. left 25 provinces inundated. 23 people have been killed due to floods in the rainy season so far. the system has weakened and is moving away from thailand, however, rain is expected to continue throughout the week. authorities are warning of more severe weather and possible further floods. as you can see in the satellite picture, you see a lot of cloud coverage across this area, it's now a low pressure system hanging on to northwestern thailand and myanmar border. we have been seeing a lot of rain here across the western seaboards of indochina peninsula for a few weeks already. with this storm nearing, it doesn't look like it's going to be good news we'll keep a close eye on this, we have to keep a close eye on other storms as well. you can see three storms over the water. the water is very warm. the warm sea surface means it will be feeding the system. we have a system just below the eastern coast of japan, and it's affecting the iso islands reaching up to 70 kilometers per hour. it

. >>> in thailand an advocacy group is trying to stop the selling of images of buddha. they say its insulting. we're in bangkok with the story. >> reporter: for visitors arriving in thailand it is a giant billboard that is difficult to miss and with a message to match. don't disrespect buddhism. paid for by knowing buddha, a group that campaigns against any offensive use of buddha's imagine. it says from the tops of french toilet seats to inappropriate advertisements and engines ploytation knowingly or unknowingly causes offense to buddhist worldwide. >> we want to bring awareness to this campaign. we believe we can make the world listen to us, and it is time to speak out. >> reporter: and if the offenders don't listen to petitions, their products are boycotted. with 95% of thailand's population bees buddhist, the image of buddha is synonymous to thai culture. it presents campaigners with more than enough cases of apparent misuse. for devout buddhist, image misuf the buddhist image is offensive, the worst when it is tattooed on the human body. >> reporter: tattoo parlor

with 95% of thailand's population being buddhist.mages of the buddha are sinnon mouse with culture. it presents campaigners with more than enough cases of important misuse. >> for def out buddhists images are offensive. none more so than when it is tattooed on the human body. >> with the approach of holiday season the tattoo parlours are gearing up for travellers seeking to etch their bodies. the face of buddha is becoming pop awe lar. tattoo parlour owner sees no problem with that. hindu gods adorn his body - it's his own form of religion. >> translation: it's about art. it has to be in the specific body part. if it's below the waist, we will refuse to do it. >> some say that is not enough. >> the body is used for sex. that's the obvious case. you should never have it on the body. >> so far the thai government resisted calls to legislate against tattooing. even the prospect it might sounds an alarm for those concerned about how to implement such a law. >> they'll come to bangkok and the police arrest them put them in gaol, harass th

two years ago, devastating floods also struck in thailand. waters engulfed industrial compounds causing massive disruption to global supply chains. participants tested out a communications system. it enables member states to accept requests for another country, and share information about what they can do to help. >> it provides an opportunity for all the participants, the rescue teams, at the strategic level, to meet and discuss and know each other and build their work, which is very, very important. >> reporter: asean countries cater to the regions. they are a major force for growth in the global economy. but major disasters are a constant threat to their industry. these countries are trying to cooperate more closely. nhk world, hanoi. >>> police in thailand are investigating the cause of a bus crash that killed more than 20 people. it's the latest in a series of accidents that have contributed to the highest road death toll in southeast asia. police said on thursday that 22 died and 16 others, including the driver, were injured when the bu

people in northern thailand are dealing with flooding and landslides. what's the latest? >> good morning. you're right. if you can recall a strong typhoon hit central vietnam monday afternoon and traveled inland over the chie na peninsu and downgraded to a tropical depression and lashed the area. let me show you a video from there. the tropical depression hit thailand tuesday morning causing flooding and landslides. 25 providences have been indated. 23 people have been killed due to floods so far. the system has weakened and moving away from thailand however, rain is expected to continue throughout the week. authorities are warning more severe weather and possible further floods as you can see in this satellite picture. a lot of cloud coverage across the area. now a low pressure system hanging onto the border. this will be enhancing the south western flow yet again. we have been seeing a lot of rain across the western seaboards for a few weeks already. the land is saturated. with the storm nearing it, doesn't look like it will give you good news. further flooding could be

and we head to thailand where tourists are told not to have a tattoo on a picker part of their body. and the el classco much spanish season. >> argentina will hold congressional elections on sunday. ththe president's approval ratis have slumped. amid inflation and crime. we'll travel to central argentina, and this is what we found. >> reporter: what you see here are not dunes of sand but of soy. argentina's number one cash crop. billions of dollars worth is export from the port city the nation's third largest city. the city's large middle class is not happy. soaring crime, double digit inflation and restrictions on hard currency has put people in a foul mood. >> the middle class wants dollars to protect our savings from our depreciatating currency. we want to also not live in fear of being robbed or assaulted. >> reporter: this is bad news for the ruling party ahead of sunday's mid elections. >> no one has won an election in argentina without the support of the middle class. their income is dropping but not their aspirations. >> reporter: and it's not just the middle class that's com

many of the rangers were in thailand's army. since they'll be in covert operations we are not using names. >> i like being a forest ranger. no one told me it would be risky. i experienced it myself when i started working. i don't worry too much. i believe my strength will carry me. >> the new tools will them to attract poachers. illegal wildlife trafficking is controlled by major international criminal gangs. they'll investigate and do hunting of their own - going after the heads of the gangs. >> you can't look at one avenue of it. it's like working drugs and going to the street level. you have to go to the king pins. >> the new unit is eager to take the fresh skills to the jungle. the two dozen elite rangers are outnumbered. the goal is to grow their ranks. building a force to break up the networks, stripping thailand's forest and slaughtering its inattenti endangered species. >> the chinese government sacked a top official. the mayor and deputy party chief. he's being investigated over discipline violations. the communist part

building the force and to break up the networks and stripping thailand's force and slaughtering their endangered species. >>> and now to a story 2 million years in the making. georgian scientists have presented a skull discovered. they say it could force a big rethinking about how ho humans e involved. >> this is 1.8 million years od and may help to unlock the key how a very distant an assess ans lived. excavated from a site in georgia this is the most complete skull ever found. with his big teeth and large face his brain case was smaller than that of a modern day human being. skull five could rewrite evolutionary history. many believe that humans evolve from several species. but new information suggests this could be fewer than previously thought. >> what we found is in early homo1.8 million years ago. wield one lyn linage of homoand which was spread over continents where you have local populations. this shows there was much less quantity of the said species than we thought. it means that now we can say there were less branches of early homothan previously thought. >> if the scientis

religious tolerance is one of thailand's greatest assets. virtue worthy of buddha himself. >> >> the big question - who will take the lead in the series. >> it's a tight one right now. a lot of people wonder who will take the lead. for this one the world series is down to a best of the five series. do you know what, the red sox and cardinals are even. game 3 win in st louis couldn't mean more to both teams. 11 out of the last 12 world series champions won game 3. the cardinals have a 2-0 lead in the first, and then a 2-0 lead, then matt halliday had an rbi double making it 4-2. bovtion ties it -- boston ties it up at 4 after a single by zhanneder bow gart. the score is tied 4-4. >> org gen is the -- oregon is the only undefeated team. ucla knocking on the ducks' door. the tough stretch tarts this week with the brewins and stanford, number 9, next week. first quarter check this out. wow. part the red sea for rodney hardrey, taking the fake putt 66 yards, taken down on the ucla 8-yard line. anthony thomas playing after missing three weeks with

why images of buddha are stiffering anger in thailand. on august 20th, al jazeera america introduced >>. >> giraffes may soon become a thing of the past. africa's giraffe population has gone from 140 in the '90s to 80,000 today. conservation say it's due to the rising human population. >>> for the millions of buddists, but in thailand, one says it's being used disrespectfully by tourists and rob mcbrie reports from bangkok >> reporter: visitors arriving in thailand, it is a giant billboard that is difficult to miss and with a message to match: don't disrespects buddhism. paid for by "knowing buddha." it says from the tops of french toilet seats to inappropriate add advertisements, commercial an exploitation knowingly or unknowin unknowingyly offends buddhists world wire. >> we expect people who are aware in this campaign, we believe we can make the world listen to us. there is time to speak out >> reporter: if the offenders don't listen to petitionez, their products are boycotted. with 95% of thailand's population being buddhist, they are

with 95% of thailand's population being budist images are synonymous with thai culture.t presents campaigners with more than enough cases of apparents misuse. >> for devout budists, misuses are offensive. none more so than when the image is tattooed on the human body. >> with the approach of peak holiday season, the tattoo parlours of bangkok are gearing up for the rush of travellers. the face of buddha is becoming increasingly popular. tattoo parlour owner sees no problem with that. hindu gods and budist scriptures adorn his body - its his form of worship. >> translation: art has to be placed in the appropriate location. if the tattoo is below the waist lain - no motor the religion - we'll refuse to do it. >> this is an obvious case. you should never be allowed to have it into the body. >> so far the thai government resisted calls to legislate against tattooing. the prospect it might sounds an alarm for those concerned about how to implement such a law. >> they are in bangkok, and they are arrested, they are harassed. what you going to do with this. it's going be very s

mitsubishi is thailand's biggest automaker.t's having to come up with sales promotion campaigns to shift stock of new cars in an oversupplied market. >> i prefer long-term program bit the government rather than just to give a one-year special privilege to the customer who buys car. >> reporter: the scheme that was supposed to stimulate the economy and help first-time car buyers instead led to consumers borrowing money they can't pay back, and made it harder for car makers to stay profitable. the thai economy is in a recession, growth is at a standstill. given it's the third-largest industry, the autoindustry is a crucial factor in getting the economy moving again. >>> all right. who would have thought the government shutdown would actually affect college sfooble? >> yes, you think about that. when you play for a military institution it could happen. thanks to a couple of respond source it didn't happen in the case of the air force-navy football game this weekend. sponsors picked up the tab to get the airports to minneapolis to

. >> thailand.his is what they do in thailand. >> this girl decided to make a really cool vacation video. >> oh, why didn't she stop? >> you have to wait until the rope people tell you to stop. >> she got a really cool vacation video and second degree burns as well. >> oh, geez. >> two women in what look like authentic british air way uniforms are going to take a bath together and this video is getting a lot of attention. as a matter of fact, word is that this video has been passed around by the british air ways employees because british airways are trying to determine if these two women are employees. >> they leave them on the entire time? >> one of the girls is taking things off. >> you can't wash your clothes like that. >> there's no way they're actual flight attendants. this is a fetish video. >> every once in a while you see a hot flight attendant. it not then that you go to this dream of them bathing each other but -- >> you keep your fingers crossed. >> what is happening now? >> i think the s

lee expressed china's interest in helping thailand build a high-speed railway system. china has been on a diplomatic offensive in recent weeks. last week president xi jinping visited malaysia. other countries are making diplomatic pushes of their own. u.s. secretary of state john kerry held talks in malaysia on friday with the prime minister. kerry is representing barack obama after the president canceled his trip to asia because of the u.s. government shutdown. indian prime minister held talks in indonesia on friday. asean's fast emerging markets with a total of 600 million potential consumers makes it an attractive target for countries who want to bolster their own economics. >>> you think of bali and you probably have an image of sun, sand and beautiful beaches. what the travel brochures don't show is the island's increasing struggle with vast amounts of garbage. volunteers believe they've found a solution worth banking on. >> reporter: a traditional dance. the beach and ocean. bali is one of the favorite holiday destinations. but away from the beaches, the picture

this year, he's visited vietnam, thailand, and indonesia in january. myanmar in may and malaysia, singapore and the philippines in july. next week, abe will visit indonesia again for apec. as well as brunei for the asean meetings. he's also scheduled to visit cambodia and laos by the end of december, which means abe would have visited every asean member country in the course of this year. u.s. president barack obama has suffered a setback on the diplomatic front. a consequence of the partial shutdown of the u.s. government. amid a congressional budget standoff. that led obama to cancel his visit to malaysia, the philippines, indonesia and brunei. he'll be represented instead by secretary of state john kerry. it's a blow to an administration that has given more attention to the asia-pacific region to keep china's growing military presence in check. >> the united states engagement in the region is a process, it's not an event. you know, i mean, of course, it would be wonderful to have the president of the united states participate in a forum like apec th

thailand, vietnam has already seen about topping 200 millimeters in the past couple of days. on top of that, additional rain certainly ups risk of mudslides. this is the other storm that is east of the philippines as of now, but despite the proximity, it's surging all the moisture and dumping it as heavy rain. and across the philippines into the next few days. this is fito we're talking about which will be aiming toward southwestern islands of japan into the weekend. as a strong typhoon status, it will be intensifying over the warm water. and it is now slowly moving, packing gusts of 90 kilometers per hour. and also another storm system that we are tracking that could impact our country, japan, as a tropical storm status on wednesday local time. as we progress through the midweek, it looks like it will be moving parallel to the eastern seaboards, and that waves will be picked up as much as 3 meters high. already the gusts are pretty strong at 108 kilometers per hour. looks like it will be maintaining its intensity, so due to the storm surge, the high waves and the rain that w

nari also brought torrential downpour across the eastern and northeastern regions of thailand. several of the affected provinces has already been inundated by heavy rains when nari arrived. according to thailand's disaster prevention and mitigation department, continuous flooding since mid-september has killed 68 people, and affected 3.7 million people nationwide. the department of irrigation previously said floodwaters would recede in october. but now says flooding will continue into november, due to the ongoing downpour. >>> the death toll for the 7.1 earthquake that struck the other than philippines has surpassed 160. residents are calling for swift action. boha island was at the center of the quake. around 3.4 million residents of boha and neighboring sabu island have been affected. 97,000 people have evacuated. many remain in tents. we have the report from bohu. >> reporter: the island accounts for 90% of the total casualties. landslides and collapsed buildings caused a large portion of the fatalities. two days after the initial quake, rescuers reported more fatalities. dr

with niefer% of thailand's -- 95% of thailand's population being buddhist, synonymous with thai culture, often finding their way into tri kink trinket. none more so than when that image is tattooed on the human body. the tattoo parlors of bangkok is gearing up for travelers seeking to etch their bodies and the face of beu buddha is become moe common. the buddha's image is more about art but it has to be placed in an appropriate location. if the tattoo is placed below the waistline no matter what their religion we will not do it. >> you should never allow to have it into the body. >> so far the thai government has resisted calls to legislate against tattooing. but even the fact that it might sounds alarms about how to implement such a law. >> they have the tattoo coming here in bangkok and the police arrest them and put them or harass them whatever. what are you going odo with this? it's going to be very serious. >> almost completely buddhist but with a secular government, with much religious tolerance, worthy of the bu buddha himself. >> a room that takes customer satisfaction to a whol

thailand you had anywhere from four to five inches of rain today.we're watching from the typhoon that hit thailand today. ♪ >> welcome to al jazeera. i'm john siegenthaler. today's top stories. in three hours, the government will shut down unless members of congress can reech reach a com. the affordable care act parts of which go into effect tomorrow. senator harvey reid i hear -- harry reed is speaking on the floor of the congress. the standoff conned throug sof

. >>> thailand's top buddhist leader has died at the age of 100. flags flew at half mast around the country on friday. over 90% of the population follows buddhism. thai supreme patriarch leader died on thursday after a blood infection following intestinal surgery. people dressed in black lined up near the hospital in bangkok. later on the monk's body was transferred to a temple. as the head of buddhism in thailand, he was an influential figure. >> translator: i was shocked to hear that his holiness died, because he was an important person in thai buddhism. i came all the way from the countryside to pay my respects to his image. >> translator: i'm heart broken. i was following the news about his health, and when he was not doing any better, we were really sad. we prayed for him to get well. >> the buddhist leader was born in 1913. he started his studies to become a monk at 14. in late 1980s, he was appointed as supreme patriarch. the leader's passing made headline news. they've asked the state to mourn for 30 days and to fly flags on all public buil

were basically kidnapped yvonne from thailand another one from liberia. first they were approached by f.b.i. agents posing as members of some drug cartel and a war. basically provoked and discussing no for a. did not solicit but the agency for tourists awaiting them to agree to provide the services. planes something else. and then they were arrested and brought to the united states in violation of the law of thailand and in violation of the law of liberia. they were given sentences twenty and twenty five years respectively just for. criminal intent not for actual deed and this criminal intent. by the opinion of many lawyers was not sufficiently proved in the united states court the floor. and we believe that this is this is the way you handle international relations it's not the way you fight. criminals even before you you know prove that they're criminals before they can testify to in a court of law can we move on and talk about iran if that's ok following the u.n. general assembly in new york that seems to be cautious optimism about tehran's new approac

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they would take me to thailand for a lovely trip up the river were i could wave happily at the people who smiled back and smiled upon. they would take me to gaza, yes, and much writing about the palestine israel impasse. to th the west bank, to india, o all kinds of amazing places, like for instance, patrick in jordan. two new? i would find myself raising a nation of chickens in between travels and this is the holy people in kerala, oakland, with a current and dharamsala. my cushion, the fountain, the piece, because my attention to some of the deep suffering in the world, sometimes seemed far away. i felt torn. a condition i do not like and do not recommend. and then in the dream, he came to me. there was a long asphalt highway, like the one that passed by my grandparents place when i lived with them as an eight and nine year old. my grandfather and i would sit on the porch in the steel georgia heat and count the cars as they whiz by. he did choose red cars, i would choose blue or black. it was a fitting -- it was a sitting on cushions of sorts i suppose for the two of us, because our

mitsubishi is thailand's biggest auto maker.t has to have sales promotion campaigns top shift it's over supplied market. >> i prefer long-term program by the government rather than just to give some one-year special privilege to the demand, to the customer who buys cars. >> the scheme that was supposed to stimulate the economy and help first-time car buyers instead led to consumers borrowing money they can't pay back and made it harder for car makers to stay profitable. the economy is in a recession and growth is at a standstill. given it's the third largest industry, contributing 12%, it's a crucial factor to getting the economy moving again. veronica, al jazeera, bangkok. >>> let's go back to sydney, wonderful pictures from there of the fireworks. the reason for the big bang, the australian navy, celebrating 150 years since the navy entered the city's harbor. 20 warships from 17 countries including china and the united states and britain joined the fleet. this spectacular display coincided with britain's prince harry coming to

this is coming in for vietnam and even over into thailand as we get into the middle of the week. thaila thailand's problem is they've already had excessive flooding in the last few weeks, and so now we're expecting to see the same storm that devastated the philippines move and hit vietnam around the city of hu and farther down towards thailand. we'll have more on the u.s. forecast coming up. >> rebecca, thank you. >>> while an accurate assessment of the effects will take several weeks, reports say the death toll is relatively modest in part due to an improved communication system in india. we have that story. >> reporter: it may look low-key, ut but the india meteorological department is credited with predicting the cyclone as early at the 8th of october, giving relief agencies time to prepare. as a result, government authorities today are being commended for launching an extensive disaster management program before the cyclone hit that included moving more than 800,000 people to safer ground. >> this is for the department specifically and in general for the country as a whole be

how rihanna is helping police catch criminals in thailand. this may be not what she intended. >>> 58 minutes past the hour. welcome back to "early start." we are take ago look at the top cnn trends on the web this morning but we start with rihan rihanna. she has done it again getting somebody in trouble because of her tweets. this time a twitter message about a lewd sex show she attended in thailand. authorities there saw the tweet and have now arrested a bar owner who faces a month in prison for featuring naked dancers. remember two weeks ago? a 20-year-old man and 16-year-old boy were picked up after rihanna posted this picture of herself. >> trouble. >>> walking dead is apparently infectious. the show is now the most watched able program of all time behind "early start" actually. >> if you dressed up like that, i would be tuning in too, berman! >> the fourth season premiere on sunday and drew more than 16 million viewers! >> wow! >> more than any other cable show on cable ever. even maybe a little more than "early start." it even beat "the

then you've got mary lacey who is dragging in that guy from hong kong or thailand. remember that one? to charge him with the death? >> mary lacey apparently was looking, did not think the parents had anything to do with the death and arrested this guy in thailand and released him, it was a waste of a lot of taxpayers money, but -- >> you know what's telling to me, doctor, is that the grand jury said that the ramseys did assist someone after the death. >> this reminds my, i had a case once a while ago, a child abuse case, and when the mom and the dad wouldn't, each accuse the other of doing the injuries, here that's not the case, and they indicted both of them and said, one of them did it and one of them is covering it up. otherwise they both go free. >> right, i've had cases like that as well where you've got to get one to implicate the other. anyway, we're going to move on to the kennedy cousin who was in prison for killing his neighbor in 1975. he gets a new trial, a jury convicted him in 2002. he's right there, michael skakely for the murder of martha moxley. the

in thailand one guest did and made it known in the only way he knew how. >> but this guest was an elephant. he looks like he wants to plant a kiss on the bride. instead her head inside. here we go. you are kuchlt i like you. come over here. >> the elephant handlers should be doing something. he is looking the other way. >> we don't know how or why the elephant was at the ceremony. he let her go quickly and the bride ended up with a big whiff of elephant breath. you think she had on lip gloss that smelled like strawberries or something. >> he wanted some of whatever it was. >> who do you think is seductive, diana, barry white or david beckham, not diana, but i'm asking you. >> david beckham. >>> and a toned mother of three. why her on-line pictures are getting so much criticism and is it fair? you are watching "world news now". >> "world news now" weather brought to you by colonial penn life insurance. [ female announcer ] so how long have you been living flake-free with head & shoulders? since before jeans were this skinny... since us three got a haircut. since my first 29th birthday [ fem

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thailand, no warnings in place. which is great news. a little break from that. surging from the moisture of the south china sea will be bringing in buckets full of rainfall to vietnam. we are looking at high pressure. humidity down to 30% in parts of china but likely to see a rainy saturday in japan. now across the americas, the last few days it was very calm. but now we have a tropical storm, severe weather and heavy snow as well as santa ana winds to talk about. but let me start by introducing you karen. it looks like it's not going to be a hurricane, but it will be bringing hurricane-force winds into louisiana and florida. not only the gusts, but the dumping of the rain will be quite significant as this system moves toward the east, due to the descending frontal line merging with this system and that's going to be bringing drenching amounts of rainfall in the next few days. not only that, but we have severe weather that is moving across the eastern half of the continent, especially from great lakes region down into texas. now texas and oklahoma only about mor

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. >> city leaders in bangkok thailand are grappling with the challenges of rapid urbanization and they are looking abroad for inspiration. they use a city inform japan to build echo friendly infrastructure. yokohama mayor and bangkok's executive administrator exchanged memorandums at yokohama city hall. yokohama officials will provide technical assistance for the thai capital's transportation, garbage and sewage systems and will encourage japanese companies to participate. they are also working with a city in the philippines, three companies are preparing to launch ventures to recycle the city's waste. >>> throughout japan deep depopulation is speeding up. 80% of the prefectures are loses residents and experts predict by 2025, major cities will be affected. nhk world has this s >> reporter: in this town children are on the roof chasing. it's a new start of the dating game organized by the local community. they are hoping love will bloom and the couples will stay in the town. the participants get instructions by texts on their mobile phones. one message says -- the girls have to meet up

of rainfall on top of that, additional rainfall could trigger flooding, the same with vietnam and thailand with the continuous rainfall. in bangkok, 29 degrees for a temperature with thunderstorms. looking at that 2 for you high. and any precipitation, of course, returns across those areas. seoul, looking at 20 degrees. finally in the 20s, since monday, it has been a very chilly week for you out here. now, to the americas. nova scotia has found 0 millimeters of rainfall the past 24 hours and looks like the system is moving away. good news. another system below it will likely travel northeast and hit similar areas by friday afternoon with showers. heavy rain on friday. another system got behind it is pooling lots of cold wave air from canada and that's creating some winter advisories posted in the upper midwest region. some of the higher el visievati will find about 30 centimeters of snowfall. western kansas, oklahoma, freeze watches are posted and, hard freeze watches posted in western kansas so protect your crops and also, sensitive vegetations. here are your temperatures. 9 for a high in

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